Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Vijftien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal 1:58 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-288
  • Dimensionsheight 33.5 cm x width 121.6 cm x depth 14 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-288

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Vijftien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal 1:58 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on the back, on a piece of paper, in ink: ‘fregat / van 50 Stukken / Lang op Het / onderdek 175 vt / Wyt binne de Huyt 47 vt / Hol int ruym 17½ vt // A:Bakker’
    • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label: ‘FREGAT a 50 STUKKEN / LANG 175 Vt’
    • label, bottom right: ‘288’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • model maker: anonymous, Netherlands
    • after design by A. Bakker (scheepsmodellen) (mentioned on object), Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 33.5 cm x width 121.6 cm x depth 14 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label:FREGAT a 50 STUKKEN / LANG 175 Vt
  • inscription, on the back, on a piece of paper, in ink:fregat / van 50 Stukken / Lang op Het / onderdek 175 vt / Wyt binne de Huyt 47 vt / Hol int ruym 17½ vt // A:Bakker
  • label, bottom right:288 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, mei 2008: woodworm treatment

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-288

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Fifteen gun ports are indicated by white frames on one continuous gun deck, some of which are now damaged. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle or quarterdeck. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight square-headed rudder. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale (derived) 1:58.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 288; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 140-42

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053605

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